Hackaday Podcast 106: Connector Kerfuffle, Tuning Fork Time, Spinach Contact Prints, and Tesla’s Permanent Memory
Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Mike Szczys recount the coolest hacks from the past week. Most clocks keep time with a quartz crystal, but we discuss one that uses a tuning fork… like the kind you use to tune a piano. Ghidra is a powerful reverse engineering tool developed by the NSA that was recently put to good use changing an embedded thermometer display from Celsius to Fahrenheit. We talk turkey on the Texas power grid problems and Tesla’s eMMC failures. And of course there’s some room for nostalgia as we walk down memory lane with the BASIC programming language.
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Episode 106 Show Notes:
New This Week:
- Trouble With The Texas Power Grid As Cold Weather Boosts Demand, Knocks Out Generators
- Texas’ natural gas production just froze under pressure – The Verge
- No, frozen wind turbines aren’t to blame for Texas’ power outages
- Anti-icing and De-icing Technologiesfor Wind Turbines (PDF)
Interesting Hacks of the Week:
- Print-in-Place Connectors Aim To Make Wiring Easier
- Tuning Fork Keeps This Throwback Digital Clock Ticking
- Ghidra Used To Patch Fahrenheit Into An Air Quality Meter
- Spinach Photo Prints
- Truck Bed Liners Improve 3D Prints
- Manned Electric Helicopter With 7 Tail Rotors
Quick Hacks:
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Can’t-Miss Articles:
- BASIC: Cross-Platform Software Hacking Then And Now
- Tesla Recalls Cars With EMMC Failures, Calls Part A ‘Wear Item’
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